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Singapore, IEA Co-Host Ministerial Conference On System Integration Of Renewables

SINGAPORE, Oct 28 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore and the International Energy Agency (IEA) co-hosted the second Global Ministerial Conference on System…

Australia’s Recession May Be Over: Reserve Bank Of Australia

CANBERRA, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s central bank revealed, the country’s recession, amid the COVID-19 pandemic could be over. Guy…

Japanese Gov’t Endorses Bill To Offer Free COVID-19 Vaccines

TOKYO, Oct 28 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government endorsed a bill yesterday, to make COVID-19 vaccinations free, to all residents…

Egypt Strongly Condemns Deadly Bomb Blast At Pakistani Seminary

CAIRO, Oct 28 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt strongly condemned yesterday’s bomb explosion, at a seminary in Peshawar city, in north-western Pakistan,…

Lao Gov’t Expects 3.3-Percent Economic Growth This Year Despite COVID-19

VIENTIANE, Oct 28 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao government predicted that the country’s economy will grow by 3.3 percent in 2020,…

Iran Summons French Diplomat Over Anti-Islam Comments In France

TEHRAN, Oct 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry, summoned the French charge d’affaires, over growing anti-Islam comments in France, and…

Philippines’ Duterte Vows To Fight Corruption Before Term Ends In 2022

MANILA, Oct 27 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, vowed to “concentrate” on fighting corruption, in the last two years…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Nears Eight Million, Total Deaths At 119,502

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 7,946,429, even as 36,470 more cases were registered during the…

Explosion In NW Pakistan’s Seminary Leaves Four Killed, 35 Injured

ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (NNN-APP) – At least four kids were killed and 35 others, including children were injured, when a…

One Dead After Ship Hits Oil Platform Off Malaysia’s Sarawak State During Stormy Weather

MIRI, Oct 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) – A Malaysian ship, with 187 crew members on board, suffered an emergency in stormy weather,…